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Genius or talent or inspiration
What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one’s nose, taking shortcuts. … more »
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My life in the rain
double negative wrote 2 days ago: Listening to: “Driving” - Everything But the Girl So I’ve pretty much been wet for … more »
Pomfrurilia
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pomfretite wrote 1 month ago: All of the cities described in Italo Calvino’s book Invisible Cities remind readers of their ho … more »
I fell out of a cherry tree.
timtolka wrote 1 month ago: I fell out of a cherry tree. I heard a cracking noise, and everyone within one hundred yards turned … more »
invisible cities
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elberry wrote 2 months ago: Non è detto che Kublai Kan creda a tutto quel che dice Marco Polo quando gli descrive le città vis … more »
Imparare poesie a memoria
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fabrizio centofanti wrote 3 months ago: Il più grande. … more »
genius or talent or inspiration
ivyleaf wrote 4 months ago: What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the r … more »
satirist
ivyleaf wrote 4 months ago: The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted … more »
enlightened houses
ivyleaf wrote 4 months ago: The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts. … more »
human race
ivyleaf wrote 4 months ago: The human race is a zone of living things that should be defined by tracing its confines. … more »
forms & life of cities
ivyleaf wrote 4 months ago: The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to … more »
the ear commands the story
ivyleaf wrote 4 months ago: It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear. … more »
love as gluttony
ivyleaf wrote 4 months ago: In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision. … more »
declare openly
ivyleaf wrote 4 months ago: Biographical data, even those recorded in the public registers, are the most private things one has, … more »
The inferno
ivyleaf wrote 4 months ago: “The inferno of the living is not something that will be; if there is one, it is what is alrea … more »
Traveling
ivyleaf wrote 4 months ago: Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places e … more »
Carpet Bombing the FMR-ket
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chancepress wrote 4 months ago: One of the interesting things about the used book market is how different channels operate seemingly … more »
You prefer it this way
eastofmina wrote 4 months ago: Last weekend I sat in front of a woman at the closing night of Biola’s production of A Star-Sp … more »
a tiny thing, really
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ebebee wrote 4 months ago: I’m reading a little book right now called Einstein’s Dreams, by Alan Lightman. I pick … more »
Is it nearing the end
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masomenosbien wrote 4 months ago: …of the blog? I must say, I underestimated those who blog. Especially those that post thr … more »
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